Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators
On the streets, at the Vatican, at the G-20, in Congress and in front of the US Treasury building: The call is rising for a financial transactions tax. It will get a lot louder in ...
Oct 26, 2011 / John Nichols
Karl Rove’s 2011 Election Priority: Busting Public-Sector Unions in Ohio Karl Rove’s 2011 Election Priority: Busting Public-Sector Unions in Ohio
The former White House political czar, who pulls so many Republican and conservative strings, is all over the fight to defend Ohio Governor John Kasich’s anti-union law....
Oct 25, 2011 / John Nichols
Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections? Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?
What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make th...
Oct 24, 2011 / John Nichols
Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race
Denver's contest for local school board seats has already cost $600,000, as big-money backers of school privatization, charters and “choice” try to buy control of educa...
Oct 21, 2011 / John Nichols
Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope
The vice president actually "gets it." He likes unions and working people. He's on message and the rest of the Obama administration should recognize just how necessary th...
Oct 20, 2011 / John Nichols
King Versus the Tea Party: From the Poor People’s Campaign to Occupy King Versus the Tea Party: From the Poor People’s Campaign to Occupy
Tea Party Congressman Allen West says of Occupy Wall Street: “Martin Luther King Jr. would not have backed these types of protesters." Kings history, and his ...
Oct 19, 2011 / John Nichols
How Liz Cheney Is Funding the War on Labor Rights in Ohio How Liz Cheney Is Funding the War on Labor Rights in Ohio
The former vice president's daughter leads a group that is pouring money into Ohio, hoping to prevent voters from overturning Governor John Kasich’s anti-labor legislation.
Oct 18, 2011 / John Nichols
Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of Martin Luther King Jr., in Support of Occupy Movement Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of Martin Luther King Jr., in Support of Occupy Movement
On the day the King memorial was dedicated, Dr. Cornel West was arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Oct 17, 2011 / John Nichols
Budgeting for the 99 Percent Budgeting for the 99 Percent
America is not broke. But it has broken priorities. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has the right fix: save trillions, put Americans back to work and protect Medicare, Medicai...
Oct 15, 2011 / John Nichols
Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS
There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor...
Oct 13, 2011 / John Nichols